Wednesday, July 23, 2008

COMMENTS: Will the Dodgers "dial long distance" in the series clincher? Actually, do we want them to? After all, they didn't hit a single home run Monday night and scored 16 runs. Last night Kemp went deep for their only run of the game.

And in each of those games they gave up 10 runs. Here's hoping their pitching gets better the next few games. In fact, maybe they'll allow 3 runs tonight, 2 on Friday, and 1 on Saturday. Get it? 10-10-3-2-1! Of course, maybe they'll instead give up 321 runs tonight.

Here we have an exercise in triage. This season, the Dodgers are receiving sub-optimal production from second base, third base and center field. Oh, and their closer and struggling ace are also on the disabled list. The ideal addition would be Baltimore's Brian Roberts, who would provide a mammoth upgrade, both offensively and defensively, over Jeff Kent. As for Kent, at this stage of his career he could be vaguely useful as James Loney's platoon partner at first, but he merits no bigger role than that.

Trading for Roberts could be a disaster for the young movement, for some reason he didn't end up with the Cubs in the offseason.

Well I hope this one wins, but I'm not sure which I expect to win. Actually though, if this avatar wins with only a 3-3 record, it means the Dodgers will play below 0.500 in the future games with the other avatars.

I am going to try to solve the puzzle in ten minutes tomorrow before I hit the road. Otherwise I may have to drug my wife for a few hours so I can buy more time. Maybe I should use some Ethier to knock her out.